The asymmetric unit of the title compound,  Contains two independent molecules. The Cu atoms are four coordinated in distorted tetrahedral configuration by two atoms from 5,5`-dimethyl-2,2`- bipyridine and two terminal atoms. In the Cuystal structure, inter molecular hydrogen bonds link the molecules. The are  contacts between the methyl groups and the pyridine and five member rings containing ...

We recently reported the preparation of tetraquaternary salts derived from 4,4'-bipyridine of the type (1; R = Me or Et, n = 2 ,3 or 4) [1], and showed that they were reversibly reduced to diradical dicat­ ions (2; R = Me or Et, n = 2, 3 or 4) by the uptake of two electrons. Reversible redox systems of this type are of interest as components of electrochromic memory display devices [2—5], as bi...

In this research, bis(2,2'-bipyridine)(4-methyl-2,2'-bipyridine-4'-carboxylic acid)ruthenium(II).2PF(6)- complex (1), was first used as a fluorescent chemosensor to recognize Cu(II) in EtOH/H(2)O (1:1, v/v) solution. The response of the sensor is based on the fluorescence quenching of complex 1 by binding with Cu(II). The analytical performance characteristics of the proposed Cu(II)-sensitive c...

We report the successful use of Ru(II)(terpy)(2) (1, terpy = 2,2':6',2''-terpyridine) as a catalyst in the Belousov-Zhabotinsky (BZ) oscillating chemical reaction. We also examine several additional Ru(II) complexes, Ru(II)(bipy)(2)(L')(2) (2, L' = 4-pyridinecarboxylic acid; bipy = 2,2'-bipyridine) and Ru(II)(bipy)(2)(L'') (3, L'' = 4,4'-dicarboxy-2,2'-bipy; 4, L'' = N-allyl-4'-methyl-[2,2'-bip...

In the title compound, [CdBr(2)(C(11)H(10)N(2))(C(2)H(6)OS)], the Cd(II) atom is five-coordinated in a distorted trigonal-bipyramidal geometry by two N atoms from a 6-methyl-2,2'-bipyridine ligand, one O atom from a dimethyl sulfoxide ligand and two Br atoms. An intra-molecular C-H⋯O hydrogen bond occurs. The crystal structure is stabilized by C-H⋯Br hydrogen bonds and π-π contacts between the ...

A new unsymmetrically substituted 2,2′-bipyridine ligand, 5-methyl-5′-carbomethoxy-2,2′-bipyridine (L) was isolated from the dry distillation of copper(II) complex, mono-aqua-bis(trans-5-methyl-pyridine-2-carboxylato-N,O)copper(II). The ligand fully characterized. spectroscopic and single-crystal X-ray diffraction (SCXRD) studies coordination compounds with platinum(II) silver(I); cis-Pt(L)Cl2 ...

Multiconfigurational, intermediate valent ground states are established in several methyl-substituted bipyridine complexes of bis(pentamethylcyclopentadienyl)ytterbium, Cp2*Yb (Me(x)-bipy). In contrast to Cp2*Yb(bipy) and other substituted-bipy complexes, the nature of both the ground state and the first excited state are altered by changing the position of the methyl or dimethyl substitutions ...

A novel and easily accessible luminescent iridium(iii) complex [Ir(tpy)2(N^N)]PF6 (, tpy = 2-(p-tolyl)pyridine, N^N = 4-[(4-amino-3-nitrophenoxy)-methylene]-4'-methyl-2,2'-bipyridine) for the sensing of HOCl has been designed and synthesized. The detection strategy is based on the HOCl-promoted cleavage of the PET quenching 4-amino-3-nitrophenyloxy moiety of the weakly emissive complex , which ...

Ultrafast time-resolved infrared spectroscopy of [Ru(bpy)3] 2+ (bpy1⁄4 2,20-bipyridine), [Ru(mbpy)3] (mbpy1⁄4 6-methyl-2,20-bipyridine) and [Ru(mphen)3] 2+ (mphen 1⁄4 2-methyl-1,100-phenanthroline) in deuterated acetonitrile serves to elucidate the evolution of the system following pulsed excitation into the MLCT band at 400 nm. While for [Ru(bpy)3] 2+ no intermediate state can be evidenced for...